Bellevue 5150 Philippines is a fast, laid back race at a beautiful quaint little town to cap off your race year!

About Bohol, Philippines

The Province of Bohol is a popular tourist destination with its beaches and resorts. The Chocolate hills with it's numerous mounds of limestone formations, is the most popular attraction in this province.

Our event site, Panglao Island, is located just southwest of Tagbilaran City. It is famous for its diving locations and routinely listed as one of the top ten diving locations in the world. Numerous tourist resorts dot the southern beaches and cater to divers from around the world.

Indigenous to the island is the Philippine Tarsier, the second smallest primate in the world.

Event Experience

Tri-cation - a triathlon race and vacation. This is a good race to cap off your racing year.

The Bellevue Hotel is race central – has the comforts and amenities of a five star hotel yet has the charm of a quaint bed and breakfast. Good food , massage and relaxation as well as sight seeing will be the main agenda after the race.

Course

Swim will start in the shores of Bellevue Hotel.

Due to the tide height participants will walk to the starting line of the swim from the shore lines. The 1.5km swim will be rectangular in format clockwise. Participants will exit the walkway from the swim heading to the shores entering transition.

The 40 kilometer bike course will start in the confines Bellevue Hotel. Roads are in good condition, and the course is relatively flat. The Dauis Panglao National Road, will be the main part of the bike course. Participants on the main road will take a left turn at the Dauis Church, heading to the turnaround point in “Songcoulan”. Participants will head back to Bellevue using the same road.

The 10km run course will start from Bellevue, the course is relatively flat, paved roads, with some country roads. Passing through old houses, and forested areas, the roads are narrow but the area is wide open.

Australia’s Greg Bennett and Sweden’s Lisa Norden are back to defend their titles at the 2012 Hy-Vee 5150 U.S. Championship, which offers the sport’s largest prize purse (over $1 million). The first 20 qualifiers for this year’s race have now been announced.

Pete Jacobs grabbed his second consecutive Cobra Energy Drink Ironman 70.3 Philippines title with a dominant wire-to-wire victory and a winning time of 3:51:43 at the rain-drenched CamSur Watersports Complex in the Philippines on Sunday.

The avowed goal of the Cobra Energy Drink Ironman 70.3 Philippines is to be world class and the third edition in CamSur this August 14, with its star-studded field of professional triathletes, will uphold that lofty standard. (Pictured: Pete Jacobs wins last year's race - photo courtesy ASI.)

5150 U.S Championship qualification and prize distribution details are available at www.5150.com. The Hy-Vee Triathlon will serve as the 5150 U.S. Championship and is scheduled for Sept. 4, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa.

In its second year, Cobra Ironman 70.3 Philippines dished up challenging hot and humid conditions, with Australian Pete Jacobs and Canadian Magali Tisseyre reigning supreme over challengers and nature.